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May
“A War Between Soldiers and Prophets”: Embodied Resistance in Colonial Belgian Congo
Yolanda Covington-Ward (African Studies, University of Pittsburgh) Wednesday, May 2 / 4:00 PM North Hall, Room 1006 On April 6, 1921, a MuKongo man by the name of Simon Kimbangu laid his hands on a sick woman in the name of Jesus Christ, prayed, and began to tremble. ...